Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet (died c. 1678), was a Welsh merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.

Lloyd was the grandson of Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton, the first High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire and great-great-grandson of Sir Gruffudd Vychan. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers and engaged in trade in the City of London. He was commissioner of customs for Montgomeryshire from 1645 to 1649. In 1651 he was elected alderman for Bishopsgate ward and was elected Sheriff of London but does not appear to have served.

Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth

In 1654, Lloyd was elected Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was Master of the Drapers Company and a City Auditor from 1655 to 1656. In 1656 he was re-elected MP for Montgomeryshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He may have entered the Inner Temple in November 1657. In 1659 he was elected MP for Montgomery in the Third Protectorate Parliament.

Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth

Lloyd promoted the English Restoration and was created a baronet of Garth in the County of Montgomery, on 10 May 1661. He was Deputy-Governor of the Irish Society in 1663. In 1669 he was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.

Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Garth

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Baronets in the Baronetage of England

Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales

High Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire

Welsh merchants

People from the City of London

Year of birth missing

Year of death uncertain

English MPs 1654–1655

English MPs 1656–1658

English MPs 1659

17th-century Welsh businesspeople

1670s deaths